we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> this morning, my question, does wearing an afro wig help up understand blackness? liz and scout get married. soon, many other lgbt couples will too. let's get real about guns. first, governors who make you go hmm. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. this friday we will reach the first big milestone in the signature piece of legislation from president barack obama's first term. december 14th is the deadline for states to notify the government will plans setting up health care exchanges mandated by the affordable care act. republican governors who have been dragging their feet can no longer treat the reform law like a boogeyman that will disappear if they wish hard enough. because, if i may borrow a phrase from method man, when the american people elected president obama, they let you know it's real. yes, it's really real son. even the president's political nemesis, john boehner, knows that to be true. >> you had said next year that yo